Light GA single gets blown over by wind gust while taxiing.

Attributes
ACN	140831
Time
Date	199003
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cmh
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 2 flight time total : 4691 flight time type : 978
ASRS Report	140831
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While taxiing out for takeoff, wind gust instantly blew tail of aircraft straight up in air, overturning aircraft completely. Frontal type activity (frontal passage) in area at time of occurrence. Reported winds on ATIS and WX information received from FSS was not timely enough to update pilot of magnitude of wind activity in area at the time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LIGHT GA SINGLE GETS BLOWN OVER BY WIND GUST WHILE TAXIING.

Narrative: WHILE TAXIING OUT FOR TKOF, WIND GUST INSTANTLY BLEW TAIL OF ACFT STRAIGHT UP IN AIR, OVERTURNING ACFT COMPLETELY. FRONTAL TYPE ACTIVITY (FRONTAL PASSAGE) IN AREA AT TIME OF OCCURRENCE. RPTED WINDS ON ATIS AND WX INFO RECEIVED FROM FSS WAS NOT TIMELY ENOUGH TO UPDATE PLT OF MAGNITUDE OF WIND ACTIVITY IN AREA AT THE TIME.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.